Israel’s neighbor Egypt once had a thriving Jewish community dating back to ancient times. Today, only a handful of Jews remain — the result of mass emigration caused by the tumultuous events and ...

Nadine Arab is a globetroter and writer who is based in Egypt (her home country). She helps travelers navigate Cairo with tips for how to get around, which attractions to prioritize and how to get a ...

Zamalek, the Egyptian island floating placidly in the Nile River alongside the capital city of Cairo, is an old-world oasis with a decidedly contemporary air. It’s a little bit suburban—the streets ...

Cairo, the bustling, vibrant heart of Egypt, is a little-known food lover’s paradise. Famous for its ancient sites, the city boasts a culinary scene that’s as diverse and rich as its culture and ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link As a city of more than 20 million people, Cairo is the most populous city in the Middle East and the second most populous in Africa. It feels like ...

The best ways to get around Cairo are by metro train or rideshare. Egypt's capital is constantly choked by traffic. But below Cairo's congested streets, the metro system is clean, affordable and ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When the Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany’s The Yacoubian Building was published in 2002, it almost instantly entered ...

Drive about 40 minutes from the Giza Pyramids to the ancient step pyramid of Saqqara and you'll pass rows of half-built apartment blocks, skeletal overpasses, and roads that seem permanently under ...

This story is part of an ongoing collaboration with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. In the last days of April 2011, the mayor of Cairo, Illinois, told residents to get out. A ...

In Cairo, the pull between culture and commerce is long established. Five thousand years ago, on the fertile banks of the Nile, wealthy Ancient Egyptians commissioned artisans to adorn their tombs for ...

Yasmine El Rashidi, a journalist and novelist, guides readers through Cairo, a city whose presence is so powerful it is “the subject, the object and the main character” of many of its writers. By ...